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Moorhill Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 274 pupils Cannock
Ofsted: Good
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Moorhill Primary School is an academy converter in Cannock for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 274 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Moorhill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2021 of its predecessor, Moorhill Primary School. In 2025, 37% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Suspensions are common here, with 4.6 in every 100 pupils suspended at least once in 2024/25 (nationally, 1.1).

Ofsted inspection: December 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Pye Green Road
Cannock
Staffordshire
WS11 5RN
Phone 01543227185
Reference Number 149001

General Makeup

Number of pupils 274
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.18%
Girls: 51.82%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 50%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 20.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 21 37
2 28 21 49
3 15 23 38
4 20 22 42
5 17 19 36
6 15 15 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 90.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.3%
White, Other 2.2%
White & Asian 1.5%
Pakistani 0.7%
Asian, Other 0.7%
Chinese 0.4%
White & Black (African) 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Moorhill Primary School, inspected in November 2021.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 05 Nov 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
05 Nov 2024 School inspection
10 Nov 2021 School inspection:
Previously as Moorhill Primary School
29 Jun 2021 Monitoring visit
10 Feb 2021 Monitoring visit
29 Sep 2020 Monitoring visit
13 Dec 2018 Monitoring visit
30 Jan 2018 Full inspection:
24 Jun 2016 Monitoring visit
13 Jan 2016 Full inspection:
17 Dec 2013 Monitoring visit
03 Oct 2013 Full inspection:
03 Oct 2011 Full inspection:
10 Jun 2009 Full inspection:
24 Sep 2008 Monitoring visit
05 Mar 2008 Full inspection:
31 Mar 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 37%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 100
Maths 99

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1
Writing -2.6
Maths -0.2

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 12 0
Third Preference 8 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Moorhill Primary School had 269 pupils for 420 places. 151 places (36.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Cannock 1 Primary” planning area

Staffordshire counted 609 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 577 in 2029–30, down 5%.

2022202320242025
Places 432420420420
Pupils 336324307269
Unfilled 22.2%22.9%26.9%36.0%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Moorhill Primary School attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

202320242025
Authorised absence 4.8%5.3%4.2%
Unauthorised absence 3.5%3.2%2.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.7%1.8%2.4%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.6% of pupils at Moorhill Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 3.51.313.27.1
Permanent exclusions 0022

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Moorhill Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.010.89.99.7
Teachers who left state teaching 16.3%7.5%13.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 35.3%45.0%57.9%–
Sick days per teacher 3.24.910.1–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 30.3% of pupils at Moorhill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 30 8
Autistic spectrum disorder 21 2
Moderate learning difficulty 16 0
Social, emotional and mental health 10 4
Hearing impairment 3 0
Physical disability 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Moorhill Primary School received £8,318 and spent £9,145 for each of its 280 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £216,000 (-£771 per pupil).

Across all 30 schools of The Shaw Education Trust, income was £11,108 and spending £10,954 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202320242025
Revenue reserve £282,000£16,000-£216,000
per pupil £889£50-£771
In-year balance -£26,000-£328,000-£232,000
per pupil -£83-£1,028-£827

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Redhill Primary School
Wrights Avenue, West Chadsmoor, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 5JR
0.14 miles
Chadsmoor CofE (VC) Junior School
Burns Street, Chadsmoor, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 6DR
0.56 miles
Chadsmoor Community Infants and Nursery School
Kingsway, Chadsmoor, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 6EU
0.7 miles
Sherbrook Primary School
Grainger Court, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 5SA
0.79 miles
Poppyfield Primary Academy
Bishop Street, Hednesford, Cannock, WS12 4RY
0.9 miles
Littleton Green Community School
Colliers Way, Huntington, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 4UD
0.91 miles
West Hill Primary School
High Mount Street, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 4BH
1.03 miles
Hednesford Nursery School
Eskrett Street, Cannock, WS12 1AR
1.08 miles
Pye Green Academy
Rosehill, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 4RT
1.11 miles
St Lukes CofE Primary School
New Penkridge Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1HN
1.12 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Hill Top, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 1DE
1.19 miles
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Hunter Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 0AE
1.45 miles
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy
Reservoir Road, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 1BE
1.52 miles
Longford Primary Academy
Ascot Drive, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1PD
1.63 miles
Five Ways Primary School
Langholm Drive, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 2EZ
1.82 miles
Gorsemoor Primary School
Gorsemoor School, Gorsemoor Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 3TG
1.84 miles
Bridgtown Primary School
North Street, Bridgtown, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 0AZ
1.95 miles
Heath Hayes Primary Academy
Wimblebury Road, Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 2EP
2.22 miles
Hazel Slade Primary Academy
Cannock Wood Street, Hazel Slade, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 0PN
2.57 miles
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
Huthill Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 6PG
2.65 miles
Name Distance
Staffordshire University Academy
Marston Road, Hednesford, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 4JH
0.6 miles
Hednesford Valley High School
Stanley Road, Hednesford, Staffordshire, WS12 4JS
0.67 miles
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College
Cardinal Way, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 4AW
0.71 miles
Cannock Chase High School
Hednesford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 1JT
0.78 miles
Kingsmead School
KINGS AVENUE, HEDNESFORD, CANNOCK, STAFFORDSHIRE, WS12 1DH
1.34 miles
Great Oaks College
Longford Road, Cannock, WS11 0LG
1.8 miles
Great Wyrley Academy
Hall Lane, Great Wyrley, Walsall, West Midlands, WS6 6LQ
2.74 miles
Norton Canes High School
Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 9SP
3.1 miles
Cheslyn Hay Academy
Saredon Road, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, Staffordshire, WS6 7JQ
3.12 miles
Wolgarston High School
Cannock Road, Penkridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST19 5RX
3.22 miles
South Staffordshire College
Rodbaston Drive, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5PH
3.8 miles
The Rural Enterprise Academy
Rodbaston Drive, Penkridge, Staffordshire, ST19 5PH
3.8 miles
JP Alternative Education
Shooting Butts Centre, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2UB
3.93 miles
Little Kinvaston School
Little Kinvaston House, Watling Street, Gailey, ST19 5PR
4.06 miles
Chase Terrace Academy
Bridge Cross Road, Chase Terrace, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 2DB
4.22 miles
Robin's Nest School
The Old School House, Watling Street, Gailey, Cannock, Staffordshire, ST19 5PR
4.41 miles
The Haven School
Cabins 24, 25 and 26, Dunston Business Village, Dunston, Staffordshire, Staffordshire, ST18 9AB
4.45 miles
Erasmus Darwin Academy
Pool Road, Burntwood, Staffordshire, WS7 3QW
4.57 miles
The Hart School
Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2UE
4.9 miles

All schools in Cannock · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Moorhill Primary School is part of The Shaw Education Trust, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

What is Moorhill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moorhill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2021 of its predecessor, Moorhill Primary School.

When was Moorhill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Moorhill Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Moorhill Primary School have?

Moorhill Primary School has 274 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moorhill Primary School cover?

Moorhill Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Moorhill Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 37% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Moorhill Primary School?

Moorhill Primary School is at Pye Green Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 5RN.

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